14th Nov, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
A Chinese Porcelain Octagonal Plate, Kangxi, painted in underglaze blue with figures in a river landscape within foliate and landscape panel borders
21cm wide
A Similar Bottle Vase, probably 18th century, painted in underglaze blue with phoenix amongst peony below a stiff leaf border
18cm high (2)
Plate - two rim chips appearing at the corners, one with an associated hair crack. Another crack to the lower rim. No repair.
Vase - two cracks at the rim and at the very top of the neck. Some glaze scratching and pitting. No restoration.
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Auction: Asian Art, 14th Nov, 2025
Coming up in the Autumn Asian Art Sale is a good mix of Chinese and Japanese ceramics and works of art.
Highlights of the sale include a Chinese Flambe-Glazed Bottle Vase, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianglong, and a Chinese Guan-Type Meiping, possibly Ming, both with provenance from renowned Asian art dealer Sydney Moss. Also of interest is a Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, with Jiaqing reign mark and probably of the period.
The sale will also offer a private collection of Japanese works of art, featuring such lots as a good Pair of Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vases, Meiji period, decorated with birds, flowers and kanji seal tablets.
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Sunday 9th November - Thursday 13th November 11am-3pm, and morning of the sale from 8am
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